Save The Amazon From Brazil’s Genetically Modified Trees.
More than 100 organizations from over 30 countries demand that Brazil cancel its NINE genetically engineered eucalyptus and stop threatening global forest biodiversity.
Organizations and Indigenous Peoples from around the world call upon the world leaders at COP16 to demand a strict application of the CBD’s 2008 de facto moratorium on genetically engineered trees and that Brazil immediately cancel its legalization of 9 varieties of genetically engineered eucalyptus trees for commercial release.
Brazil’s legalization is a dangerous precedent that threatens to open the door to the widespread commercialization and large-scale release of GE trees across Latin America and around the world.
The press conference included (from left to right) GJEP Assistant Director Heather Lee, Elvis Huni Kui of the Federation of the Huni Kai People of the state of Acre (Brazil), -Dr. Ricarda Steinbrecher, of EcoNexus and Federation of German Scientists, and Tom Goldtooth, Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network.